Scriptus 2023
Literally everyone but any of the Chans looking at the camera.
We made it to Scriptus and back, what a relief. It did look a little dubious for a while there.
It was a great day, as usual. Me and the ki...
A New Franklin-Christoph Model 20: Amber
Also new at Scriptus, but hopefully with us for a while, is this new Franklin-Christoph Model 20, in a shade of amber that F-C made just for us. Does it happen to match our Chicken? Yes. Was that done...
Tuna and Chicken in the Sky with Diamonds
We are launching two new inks at Scriptus! From your favourite slightly unhinged shopkeeper and the extremely patient people at Dominant Industry are these two new inks that are inspired by our shop c...
Chestnuts
Scriptus, the annual Toronto pen show, is coming up, October 29th, and I have big feelings about it: anxiety, nervousness, panic, free-falling terror, a bit of nausea. We have things planned. Stay tun...
Mid Autumn Festival
At the end of September we celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, which I think is my favourite of the major Chinese holidays. It’s low key, and the moon is bright in the sky trying to bestow upon us ear...
Ghost Stamps
So much fun! New stamps featuring unusual creatures with various magical tendencies. They are designed by Japanese illustrator Youko Sakamoto.
I actually was hunting down these ghost stamps in the swam...
My Journals for Journaling
I’ve been spending a lot of time in two different journals for my journaling. There is a bit of overlap between both, and I’m not too anal about what goes in one or the other, but for the most part, m...
A Summer of Reading
This summer was good. It was great! It was busy and sometimes too busy and sometimes just the right amount of busy. It involved that busy-ness that was actually a lot of driving around and schlepping ...
Back to School Pencils
The kids went back to school, and I’m busy sobbing in my stationery, while my stay-at-home turkey is busy making herself at home with all the big kid toys and books. I miss them tremendously, but also...
Life in the Summer
We’ve been in and out of the shop this summer, the entire gang coming along for the ride, although sometimes we’ve been missing one character or two. This is my golden era, the sun shining so bright t...